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New York Times, Monday, May 5, 2008

Author:
Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke
Editor:
Will Shortz
43-Across : Kind of patch for a rabbit
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
228/26/200410/23/202314
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
13632331
ScrabDebutFresh
1.599247%
Stella Zawistowski
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
198/26/200410/19/201518
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
2264320
ScrabDebutFresh
1.6110045%
Bruce Venzke

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FQVXZ} This is puzzle # 14 for Ms. Zawistowski. This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. Venzke. Monday freshness: 71%
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© 2008, The New York Times5/5/8 ( No. 21,363 )
Across
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Meat featured in a Monty Python musical title : SPAM
5
Alternatives to PCs : MACS
9
Popeye's creator E. C. ___ : SEGAR
14
"Look what I did!" : TADA
15
"There oughta be ___!" : ALAW
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Singer Cara : IRENE
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Difficult burden : ONUS
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Many a stadium cover : DOME
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Exxon competitor : CITGO
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Tourism bureau's offering : WELCOMEPACKET
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The matador's opponent : ELTORO
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Totally cool, in '90s slang : RAD
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Photo ___ (White House events) : OPS
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It's swung at Wimbledon : TENNISRACKET
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J.F.K.'s successor : LBJ
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Ooze : SEEP
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1983 Barbra Streisand title role : YENTL
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Notes in a poker pot : IOUS
39
It makes bread rise : YEAST
42
Old-time wisdom : LORE
43
Kind of patch for a rabbit : BRIAR
45
Ark builder : NOAH
47
Try to win, in romance : WOO
48
Pesky wasp : YELLOWJACKET
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Communication means for the deaf: Abbr. : ASL
53
Cry when a light bulb goes on : AHA
54
Clears an Etch A Sketch, e.g. : ERASES
58
It helps determine how much tax you owe the I.R.S. : INCOMEBRACKET
62
Team leader : COACH
64
Venus de ___ : MILO
65
Actress Spelling : TORI
66
Airs, in Latin : AURAE
67
Suffix with switch : EROO
68
"The devil ___ the details" : ISIN
69
King with a golden touch : MIDAS
70
Amount owed : DEBT
71
Guitarist Atkins : CHET
Down
1
Vermont ski town : STOWE
2
Group of experts : PANEL
3
Like blue movies : ADULT
4
Yale's bulldog, e.g. : MASCOT
5
Small amount of cash saved for an emergency : MADMONEY
6
___ vera : ALOE
7
Pitch tents for the night : CAMP
8
Says on a stack of Bibles : SWEARS
9
Time off from work with pay : SICKDAY
10
Cleveland's lake : ERIE
11
Become acquainted with : GETTOKNOW
12
Lee who directed "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" : ANG
13
___ Speedwagon : REO
21
Miners' finds : ORES
22
Mercury or Saturn, but not Venus : CAR
26
Oil industry prefix : PETRO
27
Canonized fifth-century pope : STLEO
29
Born: Fr. : NEE
30
Classic toothpaste brand : IPANA
31
Animation frame : CEL
32
Muammar el-Qaddafi's land : LIBYA
33
Makes yawn : BORES
34
Noted performing arts school : JUILLIARD
38
"My gal" of song : SAL
40
Party to the left of Dem. : SOC
41
Become established : TAKEROOT
44
Targets of Raid : ROACHES
46
Queen on Mount Olympus : HERA
49
A question of identity : WHO
50
Blocked, as radio broadcasts : JAMMED
51
Bit of strategy : TACTIC
55
Smidgen : SKOSH
56
Like "The Twilight Zone" music : EERIE
57
Tour of duty : STINT
59
Univ. sports org. : NCAA
60
Country whose name is an anagram of 10-Down : EIRE
61
Unidentifiable mass : BLOB
62
Film device, for short : CAM
63
Yves's yes : OUI

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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